AROUND and BEHIND the DIALS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 40, 12 April 1935, Page 46

AROUND and BEHIND the DIALS

DX CLUB News and Views |

Special Proramme from VK5RI: VKS5SL_ Wants. Reports: .2Z2M. Out of Cards: Loggings and Veri- . fications: DX Club Meetings for April.

Answers to Correspondents "Lofty" (Christchurch): Yes, Identification Wanted Station heard on March 27 on approx. 950 k.c. between 6.30 and 7 p.m. Numbers heard were mainly Spanish-American dances, with announcements in Spanish;

strength about R8. Ido not think this was LR8, as I did not recognise any words that resembled the call of: this station. The words "Rio Negro’ were heard during two separate announcements.-9HB (Gisborne). Stations Identified 74T (Opunake): Your station on 1140 k.c. is KVOO, who have a late programme every Saturday night-164A (Morrinsville). DX Topics Loggings and Verifications, '. RECEPTION has been very patchy lately. The following are new loggings for the past month: KFYR, KTS4, XEAW, 2TM and VK4PK. The only verifications received during the month were VK2BQ, WDAY, WGY, KPRO and KGRS, An extract from the letter from KGRS reads: "This is to verify your report of reception of KGRS on January 11, 1935. I only wish other New Zealanders would give us as complete a report as you did. Sometimes we get reports that are not definite enough to give a verification," — 164W 2ZM Out of Cards, )ZM, Gisborne, regrets that supplies of verification cards are exhausted, but all reports will be acknowledged as soon as new cards are available. DX Correspondent for 2ZM,

L.

Illingworth

(DXBIHB.)-

Special from VK5RI,~ "THE following letter was received by Mr. R. Thomas (928) for forwarding to the N.Z. DX Olub. The address of ‘VEKBRI is, South Australian Railways Institute Radio Olub, North ‘Terrace Railway Station, Adelaide, 8.A,:"T have received a number of reports from New Zealand, and am only using 6.4 watts, so you can see that is not much power. I will. put on a test programme for your listeners on Friday, April 12, com-, mencing at 11.15 p.m, and continying till 1.15 a.m, I would be pleased to receive | reports. from over there, —

"If you will be good enough to make this known among your "hams" [ will inerease power that night. Wavelength, 205.5 metres. At any time I am willing to go on the air for your club members if you require tests. This club is run by railway employees only, and has only been on the air a couple of months and has had phone conversation with Tas Mak, Hong-Kong, China, also with N.Z.

-Yours, ete.,

Geo.

Murray

(Hon Sec )=

~VK5SE ‘Wants Reports. — AUTHOUGH stati¢ has not been so severe lately, conditions are’ very noisy. American reception has improved this last week and they are audible now at about 5 p.m. Standard Time, but new stations are very scarce. The Huropeans came in with wonderful yolume for a fortnight. and then suddenly faded out. Monday mornings, March 11 and 18, were good for DX, the VK’s were very strong, and many were heard. BHastern reception has been very poor, although XHHG and XHHV have been heard at 6 a.m. Latest loggings are: WJDX, WCAH, WJAS, KORE (100 watts), . XHLO, MTBY, Palermo, Pecs, Milan No. 2, 2TM, and VK’s 2ZF, 83BH, 3HK, 8TA, 4RJ, 58L, 5LR and5WJ.. WCAR, Pittsburgh, has’ been heard several times on late programmes, The new Australian B station, 2TM, Tamworth, comes in well at 8 p.m, Summer Time, Verifications to hand are from WIBA, WRVR, WJSV, WKY, KVOD, KYA, KPOB, KPRN (100 watts), XDMO, Leipzig, Bratislava, VIX’s 5SL and TIW. VK5SL, Moonta, verified very promptly and stated he would be pleased to have reports from members of our club, Frequency 1334 k.c., power 40 watts. He sent a vepy fine card. This VK is one of the best heard stations on Monday mornings. Has any dxer who reported to VK3GZ, S. Geelong, on his transmission on Monday morning, October 29, 1984, received a verification yet? JI have been waiting for » over five months and still I have not receiyed any answer.-164A (Morrinsville).

DX Club Meetings Auckland In room 52, 5th floor, Lewis Eady’s Buildings, at 3.45 p.m, on Wednesday, April 10.

H.

SUTCLIFFE

(194A),

Branch Secretary. South Canterbury At the secretary's residence, 35 Bowker St., Timaru, at 8 p.m., on Wednesday. April 10.

D. N.

ADAMS

(2HO).

Branch Secretary. Napier The Napier branch of the N.Z. DX Club holds its meetings fortnightly, the second and Jast Tuesday of each month, at the clubroom on the_ premises of the Napier Radio Co., Dickens St., Napier at 7.30 p.m.

A.

BRIMER

(151HB.).

‘Branch Secretary. Manawatu At 12 Campbell] Street, Palmerston North, at 8 p.m, on Friday, April 12, not Thursday, April 11, as previously announced,

C. J.

MORGAN

(143W),

Branch Secretary. Hawke’s Bay At the premises of Mr. L. Beachen, sports depot, Waipukurau, at 7.30 p.m, on Wednesday, April 10.

L. W.

MATHIE

(1HB),

Branch Secretary. Marton In the Toc H rooms at 7,45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16,

J. R.

BAIN

(217W

Branch Secretary, Wanganui At 21 Lowther St., ut 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 18.

FRANK

CARR

(150W.).

Branch Secretary.